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Airbus A340-300

An extra set of wheels

Two versions of the long-range Airbus A340 are in service with Lufthansa. The stretched A340-600 carries 306 passengers, its little sister, the A340-300, carries 221. It joined the fleet in the early 1990s and was the first four-engine, wide-bodied jet produced by Airbus. One innovation was the fourth set of undercarriage wheels in the middle of the fuselage. When fully loaded, the A340 is a great deal heavier than the similar, two-engine A330, which doesn‘t have a reinforced undercarriage.

Number in fleet*

15

Length

63.7 m

Wingspan

60.3 m

Height

17,0 m

Speed

875 kph

Max. cruising altitude

12,500 m

Max. takeoff weight

271,000 kg

Max. landing weight

190,000 kg

Range**

11 800 km

Cabin width

5.3 m

Business / Premium / Economy (max.)***

30/28/221

* September 2016; ** with max. number of bookings; *** Configuration may vary